Luke 7:16-18
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16 Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, exclaiming, “A great prophet has arisen in our midst,” and “God has visited his people.”(A) 17 This report about him spread through the whole of Judea and in all the surrounding region.
The Messengers from John the Baptist.[a] 18 (B)The disciples of John told him about all these things. John summoned two of his disciples
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- 7:18–23 In answer to John’s question, Are you the one who is to come?—a probable reference to the return of the fiery prophet of reform, Elijah, “before the day of the Lord comes, the great and terrible day” (Mal 3:23)—Jesus responds that his role is rather to bring the blessings spoken of in Is 61:1 to the oppressed and neglected of society (Lk 7:22; cf. Lk 4:18).
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